Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

Jason Robards

Narrator (voice)

Red Barber

Self - Radio Announcer

Erik Barnouw

Self - Historian

Ken Bilby

Self - Biographer of David Sarnoff

Norman Corwin

Self - Writer

Susan Douglas

Self - Historian

Frank Günther

Self - Engineer

Jeanne Hammond

Self - Niece of Edwin H. Armstrong

Loren Jones

Self - Engineer

Garrison Keillor

Self - Writer

Helen Kelley

Self - Radio Broadcaster

Robert Morris

Self - Engineer

Dana Raymond

Self - Friend of Edwin H. Armstrong

Gertrude Tyne

Self - Engineer

Fred Allen

Self - Predicts Demise of Radio (archive footage)

Gene Autry

Self - Sings (archive sound)

John Barrymore

Hamlet (archive sound)

Winston Churchill

Self - Finest Hour Speech (archive sound)

Tom Lewis

Producer

Ken Burns

Producer, Director, Executive Producer, Director of Photography

Morgan Wesson

Producer

Geoffrey C. Ward

Writer

Paul Barnes

Editor

Allen Moore

Director of Photography

Buddy Squires

Director of Photography